Previous Meetings
April 14, 2026
Jointly hosted by UConn MSE Department and ASM International, Connecticut Chapter
Event: celebrating UConn IMS students’ achievements and partnerships with our alumni and industry colleagues.
November 14, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Chin Ma, Engineering Director, Surface Technologies Division of Curtiss-Wright Corporate.
Title: PEO Technology: Advanced Surface Treatments for Shaping the Future of Lightweight Alloy Applications
October 4, 2023
Speaker: Tim Steber, Regional Sales Manager at Solar Atmospheres, Inc.
Title: Fundamentals of Vacuum Heat Treating
August 8, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Charlie Kuehman, VP Materials Engineering and NDE for SpaceX and Tesla
Title: Materials Engineering for this planet, and for our next one!
July 11, 2023
Speaker: Aaron Nardi, Chief Technology Officer for VRC Metal Systems
Title: Cold Spray as a Modern Manufacturing Tool
April 11, 2023
Speaker: Dmitri Novikov, Director of business development at IPG Photonics
Title: Lasers as a Modern Manufacturing Tool
July 16, 2025
Speakers: Michael G. McCaffrey, P.E. (Pratt & Whitney - Retired)
Title: History of Pratt & Whitney Engines
February 13, 2024
Speaker: Dr. Christopher DellaCorte holds the Timken Endowed Chair as a professor of Mechanical Engineering and is Director of the University of Akron’s Engineering Tribology Laboratory (AETL).
Title: NiTi: A New Bearing Material for Aerospace Applications
2023
April 9, 2024
Tour of Ulbrich Specialty Strip Mill
June 12, 2024
Speakers: David E. Wolff (Nel Hydrogen) and Phillip Armstrong (Mott Corporation)
Title: A Collaboration in Connecticut on Advancing Green Hydrogen through a joint Mott-Nel-UConn Hydrogen effort.
March 11, 2025
Speakers: Douglas (Doug) Zabawa (Pratt & Whitney)
Title: Turbine Engine Accident Investigation – Investigation Process Overview
September 10, 2024
Speakers:
Natalija Scepanovic (Total Materia) - The Importance of Materials Governance
Paul Mason (ThermoCalc) - Closing the Material Property Data Gaps with CALPHAD Tools
Ravi Shankar (SFTC) - An overview of process and material modeling capabilities
May 14, 2025
Tour of Ulbrich Shaped Wire
Ulbrich welcomed ASM to visit the Ulbrich Shaped Wire, a division of Ulbrich Stainless Steels and Special Metals.
April 17, 2025
Meeting with students and ASM members to address the career topics with Q&A (University of Connecticut)
